Introduction Science & Society

By Michel Morange

Abstract

Is science free? Does it have no limits? In his introduction to Mathias Girel’s lecture, Michel Morange talks about the role of scientists in their time. He then discusses the relationship between science and political power, as well as the dependence of science upon business. Morange ends his introduction by presenting Mathias Girel, professor of Philosophy at the École normale supérieure de Paris.